Native American Lakota Sioux men skin and dress cattle rationed by the United States government at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Another Native American man poses with a bow and arrow, as a white man in a three piece suit and bowler hat looks on. Other groups are seen in distance dividing the meat. Distribution of meat rations imitated a buffalo hunt in which a herd of beef cattle was released in a large corral, then pursued by men on horseback with rifles.

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Notes

Condition: Emulsion deterioration on plate.; Formerly F8839; also known as CGM1505.; Hand-written on back: "Pine Ridge Agency, S.D., Indian killing beef, July 18, 1891" and "C. G. Morledge."; Inked on plate border: "No. 1505" photographer monogram, title and "6/18/91"; monogram and number also on plate image with "No 203" on bottom border.; R7100313399

Identifier

CGM1505 DPLW; F8839 DPLW

Filename

10031339.TIF

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